Finger-shield.



l. C. GREGORY.

FINGER SHIELD. APPLICATIGN FILED FEB. 8. I916.

Patented Feb. 26, 19118.

IT I i JEAN C. GREGORY, OF NEW YORK, lid. If.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2%, Ifil Application filed February 8, 1916. Serial No.77,0?0.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEAN C. GnEconY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Finger-Shields, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to finger shields and is primarily adapted foruse by typists or others operating the keyboards of various machines.

An object of the invention is to provide a shield which may be readilyfitted upon the finger of an operator and which shall be provided with atip of compressible material to absorb the shock and jar incident to theoperation of the keyboard of a machine as well as to prevent the fingersfrom becoming sore or callosed or the breaking of the nails fromconstant contact with the keys of the machine.

Another object of the invention is to provide a finger shield includinga sleeve portion having its sides curved to conform to a finger andprovided with openings for the free circulation of air between the saidsleeve and the finger of the operator and to further provide the sleevewith a removable tip of compressible material which may be replaced whenworn.

With the above and other ob ects in view,

. the improvement resides in the construction,

combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the followingspecification and falling within the scope of the appended claim. In thedrawing: Figure l is a perspective view illustrating my improvement inapplied position upon the fingers of the hand of a typlst, and Fig. 2 isa greatly'enlarged central longitudinal sectional view through theimprove- 'ment.

In the accompanying drawing the numeral 1 designates a finger shieldconstructed in accordance with the present invention. The shieldincludes a sleeve portion 2 which is preferably of a hollowfrusto-conical formation and has its reduced end formed with anoutwardly extending continuous bead 3. The sleeve 2 may be constructedof any desired material, and is preferably of an elas away from eachother.

tic nature and the same is provided preferably adjacent its head 8 withelongated openings 4: arranged in alinement butspaced Ihe numeral 5designates the tip for the shield, the same being of some suitableelastic compressible material and being frustoconical in cross section.The tip 5 upon its inner face is provided with a continuous groove 6which is adapted to receive the lip 3 of the sleeve 2.

The tip 5 is removable and when worn may be removed and a new tip may bereplaced on the sleeve. The device is adapted to promote the speed andefficiency of the typist by relieving her nerves from the bad effects ofconstant jar by contact with the hard glazed keys of the type machine;by protecting the fingers from injury by such contact and the nature ofthe tip 5 is such as to prevent the slipping of the fingers of theoperator between the keys and the common practice of contacting withmore than one key at a desired stroke.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereofwill, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the artto which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A finger shield comprising a hollow substantially frusto-conieal shellhaving its sides curved to conform to the curvature of a finger, thesmaller end of said shell being provided with an outwardly extendingannular bead and being further provided with a plurality of laterallyelongated aline'd openings adjacent said head, and a removablecup-shaped tip of elastic material disposed upon said smaller end ofsaid shell and provided with an internal groove frictionally engagedupon said head.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in. presence of two witnesses.

JEAN (I. GREGORY.

Witnesses:

GEORGE HUETHER, Fomms'rnn A. LINN.

